# Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 12 to 16 October. The events took place at the Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 competitors, 2 per each gender and 1 per each boat type. 58 places were decided at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games World Qualification Event. The places were distributed by continental rankings; in total 14 C1 (1 from Africa, 1 from Oceania, 3 from America, 3 from Asia and 6 from Europe) and 15 K1 (1 from Oceania, 2 from Africa, 3 from America, 3 from Asia and 6 from Europe) boat quotas were allocated to each gender. As hosts, Argentina was given two boats, one for each gender to compete and a further four boats, two for each gender were decided by the tripartite committee.
All athletes must compete in both disciplines (slalom and sprint) or risk disqualification. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2003.
An athlete once selected for the YOG can participate in both categories (i.e. Canoe and Kayak), regardless if the NOC is already represented in that category.

### C-1

| Event | Location | Date | Continent | Total Places | Qualified Boys | Qualified Girls |
| Host | - | - | - | 1 | Argentina | — |
| 2018 World Qualification Event | Barcelona | 12–15 April 2018 | Africa | 1 | Mauritius | Nigeria |
| 2018 World Qualification Event | Barcelona | 12–15 April 2018 | Americas | 3 | Brazil Chile Mexico | Chile Mexico United States |
| 2018 World Qualification Event | Barcelona | 12–15 April 2018 | Asia | 3 | Iran Kazakhstan Uzbekistan | Iran Kazakhstan Uzbekistan |
| 2018 World Qualification Event | Barcelona | 12–15 April 2018 | Europe | 6 | Czech Republic Germany Hungary Portugal Spain Ukraine | France Germany Hungary Slovakia Spain Ukraine |
| 2018 World Qualification Event | Barcelona | 12–15 April 2018 | Oceania | 1 | New Zealand | New Zealand |
| Tripartite Invitation | - | - | - | 1 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Belarus Mozambique |
| TOTAL | | | | | 16 | 16 |

### K-1

| Event | Location | Date | Continent | Total Places | Qualified Boys | Qualified Girls |
| Host | - | - | - | 1 | — | Argentina |
| 2018 World Qualification Event | Barcelona | 12–15 April 2018 | Africa | 2 | South Africa Tunisia | Nigeria South Africa |
| 2018 World Qualification Event | Barcelona | 12–15 April 2018 | Americas | 3 | Argentina Mexico United States | Chile Mexico United States |
| 2018 World Qualification Event | Barcelona | 12–15 April 2018 | Asia | 3 | China Kazakhstan Uzbekistan | Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei Thailand |
| 2018 World Qualification Event | Barcelona | 12–15 April 2018 | Europe | 6 | Czech Republic France Hungary Poland Slovenia Spain | Czech Republic France Germany Hungary Italy Slovakia |
| 2018 World Qualification Event | Barcelona | 12–15 April 2018 | Oceania | 1 | New Zealand | Australia |
| Reallocation | - | - | - | 1 | Belgium | - |
| TOTAL | | | | | 16 15 | 16 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Argentina)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Mauritius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Argentina* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

### Boys' events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Head-to-head Sprint C1 details | Dias Bakhraddin Kazakhstan | Islomjon Abdusalomov Uzbekistan | Jiří Minařík Czech Republic |
| Head-to-head Sprint K1 details | Ádám Kiss Hungary | Jules Vangeel Belgium | Valentín Rossi Argentina |
| Obstacle Canoe Slalom C1 details | Terence Benjamin Saramandif Mauritius | Finn Anderson New Zealand | Yoel Becerra Spain |
| Obstacle Canoe Slalom K1 details | Lan Tominc Slovenia | Guan Changheng China | Tom Bouchardon France |

### Girls' events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Head-to-head Sprint C1 details | Gulbakhor Fayzieva Uzbekistan | Laura Gönczöl Hungary | Stephanie Rodríguez Mexico |
| Head-to-head Sprint K1 details | Eszter Rendessy Hungary | Katarína Pecsuková Slovakia | Stella Sukhanova Kazakhstan |
| Obstacle Canoe Slalom C1 details | Doriane Delassus France | Zola Lewandowski Germany | Emanuela Luknárová Slovakia |
| Obstacle Canoe Slalom K1 details | Emanuela Luknárová Slovakia | Doriane Delassus France | Lai Tzu-hsuan Chinese Taipei |